diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live-secondInstance_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live-secondInstance_cfg.py
index a056d7d4a9557..ec2b36cea9a08 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live-secondInstance_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live-secondInstance_cfg.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
     m = re.search(r"\((\w+)\)", str(source.runNumber))
     runno = str(m.group(1))
-    outDir= '/fff/BU0/output/EvD/run'+runno+'/streamEvDOutput2'
+    outDir= options.outputBaseDir+'/EvD/run'+runno+'/streamEvDOutput2'
 else:
     runno = options.runNumber
     outDir = "./upload"
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live_cfg.py
index d1adac1c8b1b2..d62f03b8e9400 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/visualization-live_cfg.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
     m = re.search(r"\((\w+)\)", str(source.runNumber))
     runno = str(m.group(1))
-    outDir= '/fff/BU0/output/EvD/run'+runno+'/streamEvDOutput'
+    outDir= options.outputBaseDir+'/EvD/run'+runno+'/streamEvDOutput'
 else:
     runno = options.runNumber
     outDir = "./upload"
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/config/inputsource_cfi.py b/DQM/Integration/python/config/inputsource_cfi.py
index 0da9bea589e9e..b4744fa7e16fd 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/config/inputsource_cfi.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/config/inputsource_cfi.py
@@ -67,6 +67,17 @@
                  VarParsing.VarParsing.varType.string,
                  "Unique run key from RCMS for Frontier")
 
+# Parameter for output directory of the event display clients 
+# visualization-live and visualization-live-secondInstance
+
+options.register('outputBaseDir',
+                 '/fff/BU0/output',
+                 VarParsing.VarParsing.multiplicity.singleton,
+                 VarParsing.VarParsing.varType.string,
+                 "Directory where the visualization output files will appear.")
+
+
+
 options.parseArguments()
 
 # Fix to allow scram to compile